Gene's Plumbing handles leak detection across San Mateo and the surrounding area — licensed, insured and available for emergencies.
A leak you can see is the easy one. The expensive leaks in San Mateo are under the slab, inside a wall or buried in the yard, quietly running up the bill and soaking the structure.
Most leak detection calls in San Mateo arrive later than they should have. There is a sign first — a sound, a smell, a bill that crept up, a stain that was not there last month — and the repair stays small for exactly as long as it takes somebody to act on it.
So a San Mateo visit starts with finding out what is actually happening before anything is opened up or torn out. You get the diagnosis, a price for the leak detection work, and a plain answer about whether it needs doing now or can reasonably wait.
The order we work in, and why.
A plumber asks the questions on the phone that narrow it down, so the right parts and the right machine are already on the truck when it arrives.
The diagnosis gets shown to you, on a camera screen or a gauge face, so the price that follows has something visible behind it.
You get a number for the repair before a wrench moves, and it holds. No hourly meter running while you stand in the doorway watching.
Before the truck goes you see it working — the drain running, the pressure holding, the pit cycling — not just a thumbs up from the driveway.
Common questions, answered plainly.
It depends on what the diagnosis turns up, which is why you get a firm price for your leak detection job in San Mateo before any work starts rather than an hourly rate that runs while you wait.
Drop cloths go down before anything starts, cuts are made as small and as clean as the leak detection job allows, and everything removed leaves with the truck when the San Mateo work is done.
Anything actively leaking or backing up is treated as same-day in San Mateo. Scheduled leak detection work is usually booked within two or three business days.
If the situation is urgent, yes — San Mateo emergency calls are answered day and night, and the first priority is stopping the water before the leak detection repair is started.
Real reviews from real service calls.
"Burst pipe in the crawlspace in January. He had the main off and the section cut out before I finished explaining. Pressure tested it in front of me before he closed it up."
"Hard water was eating our fixtures. Softener sized off the test, installed neat with unions so it can be serviced, and they showed me how to set the salt."
"Sump pump died the week before a big storm. New pump and a battery backup installed in one visit. Power went out during the storm and the basement stayed dry."